{"id":1205323,"date":"2023-02-24T11:42:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T17:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1205323"},"modified":"2023-02-27T10:11:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T16:11:03","slug":"dollar-tree-fined-more-than-250000-after-inspection-at-mount-pleasant-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1205323","title":{"rendered":"Dollar Tree fined more than $250,000 after inspection at Mount Pleasant store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1205329\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/Dollar-Tree-175x98.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/Dollar-Tree-175x98.webp 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/Dollar-Tree-550x310.webp 550w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/Dollar-Tree-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/Dollar-Tree.webp 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>MOUNT PLEASANT \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Dollar Tree Inc. has been fined $254,478 after federal workplace safety inspectors arrived at a store in Mount Pleasant, according to the Department of Labor. According to a release, inspectors found \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the national discount retailer again shortchanging employee safety\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by allowing storeroom merchandise to block exits, walkways and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153stacking boxes high enough to fall on workers.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The Sept. 7, 2022 inspection also said the company failed to keep areas in the store and storerooms \u00e2\u20ac\u0153clean, orderly and sanitary\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and announced the more than $250,000 in fines issued by the Department of Labor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Thursday.<!--more--> Officials with OSHA said the violations continue a pattern of disregard that dates back to 2017, and that OSHA has identified more than 300 violations in that time. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dollar Tree Inc. has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOUNT PLEASANT \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Dollar Tree Inc. has been fined $254,478 after federal workplace safety inspectors arrived at a store in Mount Pleasant, according to the Department of Labor. According to a release, inspectors found \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the national discount retailer again shortchanging employee safety\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by allowing storeroom merchandise to block exits, walkways and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153stacking boxes high enough &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1205323\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dollar Tree fined more than $250,000 after inspection at Mount Pleasant store<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1205331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/Dollar-Tree-175x98.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Dollar Tree fined more than $250,000 after inspection at Mount Pleasant store","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1205323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 16:10:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/02\/Dollar-Tree-175x98.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Dollar Tree fined more than $250,000 after inspection at Mount Pleasant store","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1205323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1205578,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205323\/revisions\/1205578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1205331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1205323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1205323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1205323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}